Snake pattern has long been in fashion and is not losing ground. This unique design is used not only in clothing, accessories, but also in the nail industry. To perform the original and unexpected manicure "Reptile" with gel polish or with the help of other coatings, the masters came up with many ways. Indeed, today there are products on sale that make it easier to create a snake skin design.
Today it is popular to borrow ideas from nature. The coloring of animals serves to create inimitable masterpieces on the nails. The "snake" print has replaced the famous leopard design. Claws, beautifully designed "like a snake", make an indelible impression. Manicure "Reptile Skin" can be done in both neutral and bright colors. We invite you to get acquainted with the basic ideas of applying such nail art.
Using natural reptile skin on nails
Even such creations of nature as snakes amaze with their beauty and originalityyour coloring book. This animal terrifies timid girls, so only the most daring agree to the "snake" design.
What is the most effective way to create a Reptile manicure? Photos of the article prove that this is not an easy task. Rich fashionistas abroad make exclusive nail designs. They apply real snake skin to the nail plates, which the reptile sheds in the spring. In the salons, they cut it into pieces, stick it on the nails of clients and take a lot of money for it. Some craftswomen even manage to make a similar design at home. It is quite easy to do this. First, pieces of skin are glued to the claws, and then covered with a reliable fixing agent.
Manicure "Reptile" gel polish
The effect of a snake on the nails can be done with modern gel polish. To do this, use a file, a buff, a dehydrator, a bond, a base, orange and black varnish, an LED lamp, and a fixing agent. Then everything is done in the following sequence:
- The plates are processed with a nail file and a buff.
- Treat with dehydrate and then bond.
- Apply base and dry in lamp.
- Apply black varnish and dry. Then cover with another layer.
- A thin layer of orange varnish is applied, dried in a lamp.
- With a brush, lightly make droplets of fixative over the varnish.
- Dry the result in the lamp.
After crystallization, orange varnish from under the droplets of the fixer is seen in the form of peculiar scales. Instead of black varnish, you can use anyanother dark polish applied using the gradient principle.
Painted snake skin design
Those who draw well, you can show your art and paint the skin of a snake with a brush. It just takes a lot of time and patience. First, black gel polish is applied to the nails, dried in a lamp. Then, with a brush, oblong ovals of three natural shades are drawn. The result is similar to a kind of mesh with elongated eyelets. The result is dried and covered with a finishing agent. In the middle of the colored ovals, small volumetric drops are applied with a modeling gel. The finished design is dried in a lamp.
3D snake design
To create a voluminous manicure "Reptile", you will need gel polish "Cat's eye". The main color will be emerald or green tone, additional - black. First, an emerald layer is applied to the nails, a magnet is brought to it to create a beautiful highlight. Then the varnish is dried under the lamp. A layer of fixative is applied on top, polymerized, and the sticky layer is removed.
Using a thin brush with black gel polish, draw small oblong rhombuses, similar to the skin of a snake or lizard. The resulting pattern is dried in a lamp. Then, with a piece of transfer foil, a glitter effect is formed on the plates. It is enough just to press the foil to the nails, a sufficient amount of it will remain on them.
Then the final stage is carried out. With a brush, a transparent modeling gel or fixative is carefully dripped into each rhombus. The droplets will dry up, but there will be at the bordersvisible gel polish and shiny foil elements. This is how they gradually form a volumetric unusual design under snake skin. You can see the progress in the photo above. It is enough to make such a three-dimensional pattern on one or two fingers.
Using a special mesh
In specialized stores for the nail industry, a special false nail mesh is sold. She will just be a good helper for creating a "snake" print on the records. "Reptile" with the help of a mesh is performed according to the following plan:
- Prepared claws are painted with gel polish of any bright color. Dry in a lamp.
- Then cover the plates with a piece of mesh, press lightly.
- A dark varnish is applied on top of the mesh: black, dark blue or dark green. Do it with a sponge or sponge.
- Lightly dry the varnish in the lamp to remove the mesh.
The effect will be similar to small cells or reptile skin. After the final drying in the lamp, a fixative is applied. The result will be the maximum resemblance to snakes.
Stickers to help masters
There are a lot of special thermal films with snake skin patterns on sale. They look very realistic on the plates. Such a film is simply applied to the nail, gently leveled and dried under a lamp. Excess film is removed with a nail file. To keep the effect longer, a fixative is applied over it and dried. Sometimes they use not thermal, but water films. Drawing can be made even morerealistic if gel droplets are applied over the film directly into the cells.
There are also special stamps for applying a similar pattern. Whichever of the above methods you use, others will definitely notice the exclusivity of the Reptile manicure. Each design is unique.
